Betsy Pesa has over a decade of experience in communications, currently serving as Communications Manager at the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation since May 2012, after progressing from Communications Associate. Prior experience includes a role as Communications and Editorial Intern at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office of Admissions and an internship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Media. Betsy also contributed to The Daily Illini as a copy editor and reporter, as well as completing a writing internship at StyleChicago.com. Betsy holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned in 2012.
Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation
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The Western Golf Association conducts six national golf championships and sponsors the nationally acclaimed Evans Scholars Foundation. Headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, the organization was founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area golf clubs to promote their interests in golf. In addition to the BMW Championship on the PGA TOUR and the Evans Scholars Invitational on the Korn Ferry Tour, the WGA conducts four prestigious amateur championships, the Western Amateur, the Western Junior, and the Women’s Western Golf Association’s Amateur and Junior championships. Established by the WGA and famed amateur golfer Charles Chick Evans Jr., the Evans Scholars Foundation provides full housing and tuition scholarships to high-achieving caddies across the country. Currently, a record 1,045 caddies are enrolled in 19 universities across the nation as Evans Scholars. The Program, which is supported by the WGA, is funded by contributions from more than 33,000 Par Club members, including Evans Scholars Alumni, as well as proceeds from the BMW Championship. Since the Program’s inception in 1930, more than 11,320 caddies nationwide have graduated as Evans Scholars.